Story+1978-05-30+Boston,+MA

”Here’s something from the new album.....should be out in about.....should be out on Friday.....it’s called ‘Something in the Night’.....”
 * 30.05.78 Boston, MA, intro to ‘Something in the Night’:**

”Here’s a song I wrote about.....it was in 1972, I was staying above this drugstore..... in Asbury Park (cheers).....I was playing in.....I was playing in New York.....(?) Gaslight and in the small clubs by myself....’fore I met the band.....gonna do this for Paul....”
 * 30.05.78 Boston, MA, intro to ‘For You’:**

”Ladies and gentlemen....from that paradise by the sea.....Big Man, Clarence Clemons....”
 * 30.05.78 Boston, MA, intro to ‘Paradise by the C’:**

”There we was....it was me and the Big Man traveling in a ‘63 Ford (?).....was about four o’clock in the morning.....and all of a sudden shooting by us......about ten feet off the ground.....in this small (?).....flying saucer.....and he was screaming down the highway shooting out sparks....we started chasing after him, we were going ‘bout a 120....with the Pennsylvania state troopers behind us.....and we could hear ‘em screaming.....’cause we had on our fuzz buster on our CB radio.....and all ‘em cops were yelling was.....’Stop that man with the gold guitar’ (cheers).....”
 * 30.05.78 Boston, MA, middle of ‘Growin’Up’:**

”I remember you....standing on the corner.....in your pretty blue dress.....yeah, that special one....that your baby bought you....in your pretty blue dress.....oh, waiting..... oh, and your....lonely, lonely eyes....you and your.....sad eyes....your sad, sad eyes.... oh, tell me how they cry.....oh, tell me how they cry.....baby, how I seen them cry..... I seen them cry....haven’t I seen you crying.....and haven’t I held you in my arms..... didn’t we in the deep heart of the night....and haven’t I held you in my arms.....yes, them lonely, lonely, lonely,lonely.....sad,sad,sad,sad,sad,sad,sad eyes......crying..... well, they cry....and only me and you.....baby only me and you know....the way that they keep lying.....the way that they keep lying.....they tell such pretty.....pretty li-li-li-lies....such pretty....li-li-li-lies.....such pretty lies....came all dressed up.....such pretty lies....you dressed ‘em all up.....’cause you knew I’d buy ‘em, baby....you could dress ‘em all up....and you knew I’d buy ‘em, baby....’cause you could dress ‘em all up..... ‘cause you knew I’d buy ‘em.....you could dress ‘em all up...’cause you knew I’d buy ‘em....you could dress ‘em all up....you knew I’d buy ‘em......one by, by one.... such pretty li-li-li-lies....such pretty li-li-li-lies....such pretty li-li-li-lies....and I wanna know why.....well, I wanna know why.....well, I wanna know why....well, I wanna know why.....well, I wanna know why....well, I wanna know why....hiding on the backstreets....”
 * 30.05.78 Boston, MA, middle of ‘Backstreets’:**

”If you guys....could make some room down here, it’d be good because everybody’s kinda squashed and .....somebody’s gonna get hurt so if you can.....get off my goddamn stage, alright ? (chuckles)....goddamn (?).....this is a song, uh.....it’s the first song I wrote after....after I wrote Born to Run, this is called ‘The Promise’....”
 * 30.05.78 Boston, MA, intro to ‘The Promise’:**

”I got a beard in this picture (chuckles).....I’d like to thank everybody for coming down tonight (cheers)....’cause I know a lot of youse stayed for a long time.....in line waiting for tickets and stuff, I want you to know that it doesn’t go unappreciated.....I wanna thank, thank you for supporting the band the way youse have for the past three years, so thank you very much.....”
 * 30.05.78 Boston, MA, intro to ‘Born to Run’:**

//Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi//